What are the sectors and materials?
The SCA was developed for two sectors: construction and biomass. The sectors are defined by the materials that represent them (see “Material scope” under “What is the SCA?”). To be informed on the local size and (economic) significance of a sector, the numbers of companies and employees as well as GDP, gross value added (GVA) and names of the associated stakeholders are collected.
The construction sector materials
The construction sector is made up of 11 materials namely concrete, sand and gravel, soil, bricks, glass, plasterboard / gypsum, iron (steel), aluminium, bitumen/asphalt, insulation (plastics based), and wood/timber.
Outline of the video
- why and how materials needed to be limited to represent a sector: linking them to demonstration actions and the “domestic output” of the material flows in Eurostat
- construction sector materials can be found in all four groups of the material flow accounts catalogue of Eurostat
- which are actually the main materials making up the infrastructure of cities, case of Melbourne
- use of material in terms of its main application as such
- what are the 11 construction sector materials
- consider them from the point of use, as well as what was needed to make them and their waste
The biomass sector materials
The biomass sector is represented by 12 materials: Cereals, dairy products, fish, fodder crops, fruits, garden and park materials, live animals, oil-bearing crops, roots & tubers. sugar crops, timber, vegetables. Six of them are related to food for human or other animal consumption and the other two (horticulture and timber) to biomass in general.
Outline of the video
- why and how materials needed to be limited to represent a sector: linking them to demonstration actions and the “domestic output” of the material flows in Eurostat
- what the 12 materials are